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Creedence Clearwater Revival ‎– Willy And The Poor Boys (Reel to Reel)

599,99

Note: This is a Reel to Reel tape made from the original masters. 2 track 15ips recording. These are new never played tapes.

Make no mistake, Willy & the Poor Boys is a fun record, perhaps the breeziest album CCR ever made. Apart from the eerie minor-key closer “Effigy” (one of John Fogerty’s most haunting numbers), there is little of the doom that colored Green River. Fogerty’s rage remains, blazing to the forefront on “Fortunate Son,” a working-class protest song that cuts harder than any of the explicit Vietnam protest songs of the era, which is one of the reasons that it hasn’t aged where its peers have. Also, there’s that unbridled vocal from Fogerty and the ferocious playing on CCR, which both sound fresh as they did upon release. “Fortunate Son” is one of the greatest, hardest rock & rollers ever cut, so it might seem to be out of step with an album that is pretty laid-back and friendly, but there’s that elemental joy that by late ’69 was one of CCR’s main trademarks. That joy runs throughout the album, from the gleeful single “Down on the Corner” and the lazy jugband blues of “Poorboy Shuffle” through the great slow blues jam “Feelin’ Blue” to the great rockabilly spiritual “Don’t Look Now,” one of Fogerty’s overlooked gems. The covers don’t feel like throwaways, either, since both “Cotton Fields” and “The Midnight Special” have been overhauled to feel like genuine CCR songs. It all adds up to one of the greatest pure rock & roll records ever cut.

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Tape Project 10.5 Reel to Reel Re-Issue

Side 1.

1. Down On The Corner
2. It Came Out Of The Sky
3. Cotton Fields
4. Poor Boy Shuffle
5. Feelin’ Blue

Side 2.

1. Fortunate Son
2. Don’t Look Now (It Ain’t You Or Me)
3. The Midnight Special
4. Side O’ The Road
5. Effigy

Credits:
• Bass – Stu Cook
• Drums – Doug Clifford
• Lead Guitar, Vocals, Arranged By, Producer – John Fogerty
• Photography By [Front And Back Cover Photos] – Basul Parik
• Rhythm Guitar – Tom Fogerty
• Written-By – J. C. Fogerty

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Weight 0,5 kg
LP Condition

Cover Condition

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